Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-01

respect for the Office OF President Of The
United States than we, yet this does NOS
obscure our privilege to blame unworthy
acts of the incumbant Of that high posi-.
ton or deprive US OF the right Of criticism.
While We recognise that approval OF any
measure ia his constitutional prerogative.
We cannot feel that this involves also the
privilege OF
GOING BEYOND rnE BOUNDS
OF that power to officially insult or slandsr
the broken down and needy men to whom
the nation owes everything" The last res
olution states ut length that in vetoing the
Dependent Pension bill, which was the
least measure OF Justice that could have
been asked and did not represent tiths
OF what is due those gallant men.
'.the President has violated pledge made to
tho soldiers when they focked to aid their
country at it's time Of greatest peril, has
thwarted the express will Of hopeful people
and inflicted an irreparable cruelty upon
those who should be the objects OF tender
est consideration. The bill would have
rescued Thousand deserving soldiers from
the the charity OF the aims house." Alter
the report OF the COMMITTEES bad bsen
made Vandervoort opened the debate ON
the matter claiming that the Grand Army
should have the courage of it's convictions
and vote as they felt on this question.
Grosvenor, OF Ohio, spoke in favor OF the
report and said he had a. much feeling
upon the pension question as any other
man, but he
STOOD As THE REPREsENrATlvE
Of body of men greater than the Prssi-
dent OF the United States. greater than the
Congress- of the United States, and more
digni6ed in their utterances than the Preei.
dent had shown himself to be. He said
the question was more important than
any other that had been submitted. That
question WAS what the encampment ought
to do-whether it ought to make platforms
for political parties or state it's position In
a dignifietl manner. as though there never
had been President OF the United States.
After some further debate Vandervoort's
amendment was Overwhelmingly defeated
and the report of the committee adopted
by a vote of 3SS to 173. The committee
presented majority ant minority reports
OF s. month or Service Pension bill. The
majority report is against it and the NIL
nority are in it's favor.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The following were the nominations for
COmm00Oer-ln-Onlel IOT Cuo OUDOIU8 ycOH.
General Slocum, General Rea, General
Anthony, General Grier. Slocum received
153, Anthony SO, Grier 18 and Rea 294.
Sherman received l and Warner OF Mis-
souri,, l. Rea was declared elected. He
was escorted to the platform by defea ted
candidates Anthony and Grier, and 70.
turned thanks to the encampment. The
rules were suspended aud Nelson Cole, OF
Missouri, was elected Senior Vice-Com-
mander. The Junior Vice. ce.Commauder was
John Linahan, Of New Hampshire.
General Lawrence Donohue was elected
Sergeant General. Rev. Edward Anderson
was elected Cha plain.in-C Chief. When the
Committee on Rules and Regulations sub.
mitted their report. a proposition to en-
able a class OF persons to enter the order
who had served in the field. but never been
mustered into the service, was defeated.
The committee on the Logan monument
report recommended that . fund be pro-
vi1ed for the erection OF an equestrian
statue at Washington. Governor Alger
subscribed thousand dollars and Geo. G..
Lennon, OF New York, a thousand dollars.
The officers were duly installed.